PSYC 2P45 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Impulsivity, Scallop, Matching Law

• School: Brock University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2P45
• Professor: Kerri Michalica

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Rules (cid:449)he(cid:374) you k(cid:374)o(cid:449) you"(cid:396)e getti(cid:374)g (cid:396)ei(cid:374)fo(cid:396)ced. Ratio schedules reinforcement depends on the number responses (ie. getting 10 stars. = toy: continuous reinforcement; reinforced every time, partial or intermittent reinforcement; reinforced every few times. Post reinforcement pause: the little rat is gearing up (procrastinating) Ratio strain; fr100: pre reinforcement pause, too many responses needed. Number of responses you need to varies. Variable ratio 10 schedule (vr 10); it will vary somewhere around the number 10 (might do it 9 times, 8 times, 12 times, so 10 will be the average) Cumulative record, its more steady: you (cid:374)e(cid:448)e(cid:396) (cid:395)uite k(cid:374)o(cid:449) (cid:449)he(cid:374) you"(cid:396)e goi(cid:374)g to get (cid:396)ei(cid:374)fo(cid:396)ced. Fr3; you need 3 responses in order to get your reinforced. Vr3= sometimes you need 2, 3,4 it averages around 3. Getting reinforced after a specific time frame. Fixed-interval schedule time is fixed: fixed time between each reinforcement. Fixed-interval scallop - response pattern: response pattern. Ie cramming for a test the day before.